The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

Price 6d., THE PENNSYLVANIA OIL REGION : History of its Rise and Wonderful Progress. The Atlantic and Great Western Railway. A. H. Baily and Co., 3, Royal Exchange-buildings. ILOYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Production of ROSE ; or, Love's Ransom. THIS EVENING (Sat .rday), Nov. 25, will be perforated. for the first time, a new opera, in three acts, the music by J, I. Hatton, the libretto by Sutherland Edwards, entitled ROSE ; or. Love's Ransom. Stephen, Mr. G. Ptrren ; Blanc bee, Mr. H. Corri ; Captain of Recruiting . Party, Mr. A. rook ; Ser g eant, Mr. E. Dusselc ; and Jaques, Mr. Weiss ; Go mgette, Madame Weiss ; Theresa, Miss Poole (her first pp arance at the Royal English Ope ra) ; and Rose, Madame lemmens-Sherington. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by 3ldlles. Duchateau and Bontanti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from les. Bd, upwards ; stalls, 78. ; dress circle, ss. ; upper boxes, 4s ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PROSPECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS. THIS EVENING (Saturday), FAUST. On Moiday, 28th inst., and Friday, December ?, Mozart's Grand Opera, DON GIO VANNI (in English). Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office epen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. Ed. ; Stalls, 75. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, 48. ; 2s. 6i. ; Gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COUN FRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville ; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclerc(' &c. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M kCBETII. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Roxby, G. Belmore, A. Rayner, F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, &e ; Kisses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss ..tielen Faucit. Doors open at ha f -past Six —Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.— Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WINO. After v hich, TILE STRANGER. Messrs. Howe, Chip pendale, Farren, Compton, Rogers, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Beatrice, Keeley, Fitzwilliam, Moore, &c. Followed by ON THE SLY. Messrs. Buckstone, Rogers. Cordon, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, to And OUR MARY ANNE. Miss H. Lindley, Mr Clarke. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCIt I addy CYRafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne, ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, THE KING'S BUTTERFLY. Fan fan, the King's Butterfly, Mr. Fechter. Messrs. Ryder,Wid dicomb, Ch•rle4, M‘lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Moreland, C ifford, Collett; Misses Carlot a Le3lercq, 31. Henradc, E. ;avenue, and B. Lavenue. Preceded, at 7, by NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Garden, Moreland, Collett ; Miss Lavenue, Mi s. Lee. On Monday, Dec. 5, RUY BLAS, Buy Bias, Mr. Fechter. Doors open at halt-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from ElLv,n till Five. INTEIV THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL - -- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE HEN AND CHICKENS. Messrs. Billin,ton, R. Phillips, Stephenson, Eburne; Mrs. Stirling and Miss H. t,imms. After which, MASKS AND FACES. Triplet, Mr. B. Webster ; Peg Woffington. Mrs. Stirling (their original cha racters) ; Messrs. Billington, It. Phillips, P. Bedford, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, and Miss H. Simms. To conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD ANu THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Frank Matthe s ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at.a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Palgrave Simpson. enti tled SYBILLA ; or, STEP BY STEP. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. - - To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOD(_ OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford ; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor .ugh and Handers. To conclude with MAZEI'PA. Mesdames Raynham, Simpson, GRATIS AND POST FREE. E. 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Almost simultaneously with the publicati on of Mr SEWARD'S address, on the eve of the Presiden t 1 election, comes the report of the annual Hies. sage of President DAVIS. In accordance with their first determination to declare themselves a nation, the South have bccn sedulous throughout the whole clurse of the war to maintain all those forms and c , remonies which previously represented the dignity of the United States, and the Southern President and his associates have carried on public business as much as possible in the old style and manner which all Americans were acce3tgmed in the Wash- ington Administration. Accordingly, the Pres dent's annual Message is one of the regular events of the year, and is always read with great attention in this country as well as across the Atlantic, since men gather from it a reflex of the views and senti. ments of the South. This year it gains rather than loses in interest from the peculiar circum• stances of the time, and, coming just after the great political contest in the North, it affords a striking contrast to inflammatory addresses of the Federal leaders, The tone of JEFFERSON DAVIS'S speech is calm, dignified, and moderate ; he expresses con fidence in the success of his cause, in the unflinching resolution of his people, and the impossibility of subjugating a free and united people. We hear nothing of the traitors in the camp, who filled so large a place in Mr SEWARD'S address, nothing of internal plots and machinations among seeming supporters of the Government, or of the necessity of sternly repressing such mischievous endeavours. The events of the past year leave the Confederates no ground for despondency. The enemy has gained no decided advantage save the capture of Atlanta, and that he has been compelled to abandon. Ar kansas has been almost entirely recovered by the South, and nearly the whole of Northern and Western Mississippi, of Northern Alabama, and of Western Tennessee are again claimed by Mr DAVIS as under his control. In his own words—" Of the Federal soldiers who invaded Texas none are known to remain except as prisoners of war ; in North-Western Louisiana a large and well-ape pointed army, aided by a powerful fleet, was re peatedly defeated, and deemed itself fortunate in finally escaping with a loss of one third of its num bers, a large part of its military trains, and main transports and gunboats." The enemy's occupa tion of Louisiana is, he adds, reduced to the space covered by his guns, and in this, as we have re• peatedly seen, lies the great difficulty of the North. They gain possession of certain spots, but the country on every aide of them bristles with guerillas and skirmishers who sometimes, as we have seen, succeed in interfering with their com munications, President DAVIS, referring to these facts, boldly declares that there are no vital points upon the preservation of which the existence of the Confederacy depends, and that no military success achieved against it, can secure its downfall. Had the campaign against Richmond itself been victori. OM no progress would have been made in the task of subduing the South. " Not the fall of Rich mond, nor Wilmington, nor Charleston, nor Sa vannah, nor Mobile, nor all combined, can save the enemy from the constant and exhaustive drain of blood and treasure which must continue until he shall discover that no peace is attainable unless based on the recognition of our independent rights." With regard to the means of defence possessed by the Confederates themselves, Preaident Davis an nounces that the military supplies are sufficient, and that abundant crops have neutralised the inhuman efforts of the enemy to pro. duce a famine among the people. The cruel devastation of the Shenandoah has therefore failed of its purpose—it has only served to give convincing testimony of the reckless barbarity with which the Federal troops have waged the war. But perhaps the most important part of the Southern President's Message is that which refers to the con,• duct of the neutral Powers. Not yet, he says, can he announce any such action on the part of the Christian nations of Europe as might reasonably have been expected from their histories and their professions. The conduct of Great Britain is Lath rally that to which he most directs his attention, and he points out the inconsistency of her states men, who openly declare their conviction of the inability of the North to subjugate their adver. series, and yet refuse to grant the South that re cognition which would be so valuable to them. It is most unreasonable, as Mr DAVIS forcibly demon strates, to expect the nation that is claiming sove reignty to be the first to recognise the independence of its adversary. Such a case has never been recorded in history, and is manifestly contrary to commonsense and experience. It is when the neutral Powers acknowledge the separate existence of the rising State that the rival nation is forced to own the fruitlessness of the struggle. So long, therefore, says Mr DAVIS, as the neutral nations of Europe withhold that acknowledgment, they are affording tacit encouragement to the United States to perse vere in the war, and are thus directly stimulating that carnage which they affect to deplore. Such conduct is so manifestly unjust to the Confederacy that neutrals have sought to acquit themselves of injustice by declaring that recognition would be useless without further intervention—" an inter. vention," says the PRESIDENT, " of which we dis claim the desire and mistrust the advantage." Her MAJESTY'S Government in 1862 refused to recog nise the Confederacy, on the ground that such an act would inflame the passions of the people. How far such an opinion was well founded, the terrible slaughter of the last two years too plainly shows. Truly the impartial observer can hardly acquit the neutral Powers of all moral responsi. bility in this carnage, for as the able ex• ponent of Southern interests briefly sums up the matter—" Peace is impossible without indepen dence, and it is not to be expected that the enemy will anticipate neutrals in the recognition of that independence?' The conduct of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government is the more to be deplored, as it is wholly opposed to the wishes of the people. Their interests tend, of course, to the termination of the war, and the renewed supplies of cotton, but independently of that motive the sympathies of Englishmen are with the nation struggling for their existence in the face of unparalleled difficulties, and their keen sense has long ago detected the specious• ness of the Northern propositions of humanity and abolition. Yet, in spite of insult, injustice, and every other reason,our Government has consistently favoured the Federal cause, granting the impera tive demands of its leaders, submitting to their dictation, and tolerating the most flagrant breaches of neutrality in the shipment of arms and enlistment of British subjects. The members of the Cabinet themselves can scarcely believe in the ultimate success of the North, and, therefore, their reason for alienating the South from us is not easily apparent. The Southern States might prove a powerful ally to England in the protection of her Canadian pos• sessions—since even Yankee bombast might hesi tate before the prospect of an attack on the rear, as well as opposition in front, and the British fleet on the seaboard. We shall see w hat the next Session may bring forth. But surely the re-election of LINCOLN, which gives little hope of the speedy conclusion of the wa:, gives sufficient pretext for a great Christian nation to endeavour to end this bloodshed. One thing is certain, if we delay much longer the oth er powers o f E uro p e —F rance more especially— will take the initiative, and England, so closely connected with the American States by race, languag e , an d sympathies, will track. P res id ent creditable p ar t o f f 11 -a DAVIS'S o suggestions unwillingly agestionain play the disc r e f i e n r e u h c i e s to the employment and subsequent enfranchisement of a limited number of sia • ves, is the sign of a better day for the negro, and show the first step on the road to the total removal of the groat moral and political drawback of the States. It is , l at east, to be hoped that so great a gain may result from the I protracted continuance of a ;sting I .e, which for extent and for slaughter.has scarcely its parallel in modern history. Mr, WALTER, on the occasion of distributing the certificates of honour and prizes of books in the Council Chamber at Oxford, made some remarks which are well worthy of attention ; and although the subject has of late been pretty frequently dis cussed, still its importance and interest demand our sustained attention and our unflagging zeal. Middleeclass education is a theme which cannot be too much discussed, especially at present, for on its right comprehension depends the welfare of the community to a great extent. However much for a time the claims of these classes may be put aside, i❑ any period of confusion or at any crisis it is sure to be app rent in whose hands the real power of the country lies ; and if those who exercise so vast a sway are not trained and modified by cul ture and thought, what is to be expected when they are forced to judge for themselves upon most serious matters and to decide important issues. Great credit is due to all of those who have come forward to assist in the great work now in progress of im proving the state of the education imparted to this influential section of the community, and with earnestness and eloquence to uphold the ad vantages that are unquestionably to be derived from a fuller appreciation of the subject. Nothing of any moment is done in a hurry, and certainly so extensive and elaborate a task as this cannot be accomplished in the twinkling of an eye. Mr. WALTER began his address by declaring that that day would be a memorable one in the lives of many of the young men before him, and that their especial congratulations were due to those who, "in the race for distinction in which so many had con tended had run so as to attain it." It is most notable that a few words in season, spoken at a time when the feelings are excited and the attention interested, will be attended to and re membered when more solid but less taking instruc tion has vanished from remembrance. Mr WALTER drew some' conclusions from th subject before him that were of consequence to his hearers, and aptly explained the objects of these examinations in their spirit and purport. In the first places an examinee tion produces a bracing effect, and pats the one examined on his metal ; there are' no cribs, no dic tionaries" to apply to ; and again, it is a good train ing for the business of after life, which, as Mr Mr WALTER observed, is often a " race against time," It tends to enforce self-possession and readiness, when on the spur of the moment exertion and attention must be concentrated upon a given subject. In actual life it is not the one who has the most booklearning that can make the most figure or impress his generation, but the one who is able to adapt and apply the information he possesses to the requirements of life, and the various positions in which he finds himself. For all these purposes, then an examination is most desirable, and another bane• fit that accrues to it is that ,it tends to put down conceit. Many of those who think themselves stars in their own particular sphere, may find themselves mistaken when they are thus subjected to a stern trial of their powers, and must stand or fall by their own intrinsic merits. While characterising these affairs as of the highest importance, and stating that these certificates and prizes may be described as the title-deeds to the possession of those qualities of industry and intellectual power, and which their possessor can never be deprived of, Mr. WALTER wisely pointed out the mistake of supposing that too much can be done by any examination. This is very true, for it is only an end to a means, and if we expect an inordinate degree of means to fol low from it, we shall be disappointed. It is not the intellectual but the moral faculties, as here ob served, that are the points upon which a man's success in after life may be secured. The hon. gentleman truly characterised the requirements which are essential to a man's right progress in the world. Those who take a comprehensive view of life will acknowledge the truth of the remark, that it is not knowledge nor even genius which is of such vital consequence, as " good sense, judgment, and, perhaps, above all things, temper.' How often is this proved by the wretched tins satisfactory careers of some who have entered on their course with the plaudits of their university; careers ringing in their ears, and with all the prestige that admiring friends and earnest well wishers could impart. It can never be too strongly impressed upon the young that something more is requisite than shining abilities or striking knowledge ; they must know how to condense their powers and to expend them upon the necessary work before them, or their lives will be a blank and their deaths find them unprofitable servants atter Fall. The fact of these university examina tions is really an epoch in our days ; it is another proof of the reign of exclusion being over, and the benefits once confined to the few no ee being accorded as far as practicable to the many. Mr WALTER ap propriately described it as " MAHOMET coming to the mountain," the University spreading itself out to those who cannot come within the immediate sphere of its advantages. This experiment has now lasted for seven years, and softer there is no cause to doubt its success. The object of education is here admirably described as the task of training the mind to overcome those intellectual and moral difficulties which will meet him in after life, by developing the qualities essential for such a purpose. It is somewhat curious that on the very day on which Mr COBDEN was sneering at classical educa tion Mr WALTER should have pointed out its ad vantages. He said it was hardly correct to call Greek and Latin dead languages. "If dead, they yet speak in our own language, into the composition of which they largely enter." Greek terms are employed for the nomenclature of chemistry, botany, and almost all sciences, while the Latin con stitutes a great part of the English language. One chief merit of the study of these tongues is that they train the mind better than those which are conversational, and, as Mr. WALTER said, they aro of service to tho " analytical faculties." In conclu• sion, the hon. gentleman adverted to the satisfaction he felt in observing that the prizes were nearly all works of standard in English literature. Wisely did he counsel his hearers not to neglect the mighty masters of our land for sensational novels and current literature. Such advice is especially needed just now, when so much excitement prevails on the subject of a fast style of reading, to the exclusion of solid and lasting compositions. This admirable address cannot fail to mate an impression upon those who heard it, and it is to be hoped they will remember the impressive counsel contained in these words, " I wish you all every success in life, but you are not to consider your education at an end ; it is buZ the beginning ; you will not there fore, I trust, rest upon your oars, and assuredly you will find, hereafter, that the learning best worth knowing is thnt which you will have taught yourselves." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,—Mozart's magnifi cent opera, " Dan Giovanni," was performed last night, but in many instances the caste was very weak Miss Louisa Pyne, however, sang the music of Zerlina with great effect, and the band, under the direction of Signor Arditi, vas all that could be desired, We purposely defer a more lengthened notice of the performance until another opportunity. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1864.\ LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 25. The result of the election is favourable to the Moderate Liberal party. The .Noticias of to-day announces the departure of several vessels laden with coal and provisions for the squadron in the Pacific. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. I SUEZ, Nov. 24. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Donnai, with India and China mails, arrived here to•dap at noon. The Peluse, from Marseilles on the 19,h instant, arrived at Alexandria on the 25th at 7 a.m. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 25.—Stock and other securities became offered towards the close, and the market left off weak at the following rates : 4i per Cents .. 92 30 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents Do. end month 64 85 Credit Mobilier BB5 Do. end month BB6 25 Bank Shares 3500 Credit Fonder 1197 50 Roman Italian Loan 65 Do. end month 65 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 50; Russian .. •• --- Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred RAIL WAYS. Orleans i.e. Northern Western o y ue o st n .. i,. Lyons Mod!t 6 r noa n. Account. Eastern Cash. 842 50 a. 985 .. 982 50 880 878 75 577 50 .. 578 75 503 75 500 SaN.linian .. Austrian 48) L- .. 477 50 306 25 .. 305 -- 442 50 .. 447 60 Lombard North of Spain 372 50 .. 267 50 Saragossa 423 75 .. 420 Ditto to Barcelona AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA vin CROOKHAVEN. NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (Morning.) No despatches from Sherman have been re- caved. It is asserted that he is in a position beyond communication with Washington. Southern journals report that Hood is marching on Chattanooga. The Richmond papers warn their readers to ex pect startling news from Sherman. The Press continue to speculate on Sherman's movements, some asserting that he has started for Andersons ville or Savannah, on a sixty days' campaign ; while other papers state that he is marching on Knoxville, his object being Lynchburg, Virginia. Forrest has moved from before Johnstonsville, and is supposed to have joined Hood. The Confederates have again attempted to pierce Grant's line 3, but were repulsed. Richmond papers anticipate that Grant will again attack Richmond. The Dutch Gap Canal is complete. But:or has left New York for the James River. Sheridan is encamped in the neighbourhood of Winchester. The Confederate cavalry made a daring reconnaissance, but were driven back and pursued beyond Front Royal, with a loss of two guns and 150 prisoners. General Early is at Fisherhill. The Governor of Georgia, in a message to the Legislature of that State, declares that this war may continue indefinitely, unless the people, both North and South, in their capacity as sovereign States, shall bring their influence to bear upon both Governments, requiring them to stop the war, and permit the people of each State to vote to which confederacy they will unite their destiny. In the meantime the Southern animus must be sustained. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 1371 premium. Exchange on London Banker's Bills, 261; ditto on Paris, 2 81 to 2 3. Stocks tending downwade. New York Centrals, 124 q; Illinois Shares, 127 k ; Erie, 100 i ; 5 20 Bonds, 1034. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 142 c. Flour, wheat, and corn dull. Provisions heavy. Coffee, sugar, and molasses steady. Petro leum crude 46 ; refined, 70. FROM THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT. NEW YORK, Nov. 15. The most contradictory statements are circulated that respecting General Sherman. One account persists in declaringthat upon Charleston and Savannah , another his object is the libera tion he i s ha marching of the Federal prisoners at Andersonville, a third that he is moving into Alabama to destroy Hood's communications at Montgomery and Selma, while a fourth is equally positi7e that, instead of advancing, h Chattanooga, and, withhiaw ho e le ha a s rm r y et , u e r x ne e d to Chattanooga, the portion left with General Thomas to hold the Tennessee, is rapidly moving upon Lynchburg, Virginia. Confederate accounts, wdich are to the 11th, d merely urge upon g prepared by the the affordpa people a c ltehaer necessityi n telli gen c o e f , b a eni startling news from Georgia. Y, While reconnoitring The White F e deral River, General Arkansas, C a nb board the steamer a Cricket, on the 6th, was shot and fatally wounded by a guerilla on the shore. The boiler of the gunboat Tulip, of the Potomac flotilla, exploded destroying the vessel, and killing 55 out of 65 p r i soners w h o were on board: on Friday last, The prosecution in the ease of the St. Albans raiders was closed at Montreal on Saturday. F. Bennett Young handed in his commission from the d Confederate Secretary of Wa r , an d as k e d for a of 30 days to enable hi m t o commun icate with the Government at Richmond before offering his defence. The report of the Confederate Secretary of War states that there is no immediate necessity for arming the negroes. General Butler was publicly received last night by about 1,000 ladies and gentlemen, to whom he made a speech at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He congratulated the public on the result of the Presidential election , which he thought proved the American Government to b e th e s t r ongest in the world. He consider e d t hi s to b e the proper mo ment for making a final appeal to the people of the South to return to the i r a ll eg i ance , an d th a t the Government sh ou ld offer a com pl e t e amnes ty, to include the civil and military leaders. He named the 3d of January next as a limit for their acqui. escence. Should they fail to respond by that time, it would be the duty of the people of the North to drive the traitors into Mexico, the West Indies, or elsewhere, and divide the estates among the soldiers. In conclusion ho announced that he should leave New York to-day to resume his duties in the field. 'The authorities of Toronto have received an inti mation of an intended raid into Canada by the members of the Fenian Brotherhood in the Federal States. Nov. 16, 8 A.M. Adjutant-General T ownsen d o fficially announces that the President h as accepte d General resignation, and has appointed General Sheridan to the vacant major -generalship, as a recognition of his personal gallantry, military 6 kill, and confidence in the courage and patriotism of the troops under his command. Both resignation and appointment are to bear date of the Bth inst. The Australasian arrived out at 12.30 last night. The Persia brings 150,000 dollars in specie. The Marchioness Frances Anne of Londonderry continues in a very weak state, and her illness occasions much anxiety to her family, The Earl and Countes3 Vane have been staying at Seaham Hall with the marchioness during her illness. The Duchess of Marlborough is also staying with her mother at Seaham Hall, Durham. The duke bas returned to Bienlavim, Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screw steamship Victoria, 102, Capt. Goodenough, from Portsmouth for Malta, which put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday morn ing, embarked supernumerary seamen for the Medi terranean fleet, and proceeded at once for her des. tin ation. The iron screw steamship Achilles, 20, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, having been repaired in No. 3 dock at Keyham, ivis removed on Thursday, and is now in the stream i❑ Hamoaze. An order was yesterday received at Chatham, directing the sailing ship Dating, 12, 426 tons, ate tached to the reserve, to be sent round to the Thames for the purpose of being broken up at the yard of Messrs. Castle and Beech, at Charlton, A subsequent telegram, received at the dockyard, directed the Venus, 26, 1,069 tons, to be substituted for the Daring. Yesterday the sternpost for the iron frigate Bel lerophon, 14, 1,000-horse power, weighing nearly 17 tons, and forged at the Mersey Iron Company's works, was shipped from the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, and removed to the dockyard, in readi ness for being fixed in its place. The Bellerophon will carry no rudder-post, by which considerably additional strength will be imparted to the stern of the vessel, of which the rudder is, in fact, a pros longation. The reason of the rudder-post being abolished is on account of the adoption of the ba lance•rudder, which, although no novelty—the same rudder having been in use in the merchant service, and especially on board vessels employed in whaling expeditions—is now introduced for the first time in one of the largest vessels in the Royal Navy. The peculiarity of the balance-rudder con sists i❑ its being a kind of double, or, so to speak, a rudder acting upon a rudder, the larger being fur. nished with a smaller one, both being in the same plane, and acting with a double leverage power on the vessel. The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, will be placed in No, 3 dock at Chatham to-day, for the purpose of undergoing an examina tion in order to ascertain whether she has received any injuries occasioned by the recent alterations effected in her screw. The whole of the tubes of the boilers have been removed and new tubes sub stituted, the Admiralty having directed the entire number of tubes to be removed in consequence of some few of them proving faulty, a subsequent examination showing them to have been manufac tured from inferior copper. Her Majesty's screw corvette Niger, 13 guns, no iv ready for the pennant at Woolwich, yesterday re turned to the Royal Arsenal and shipped her arma ment, shot, &c. The Niger has been thoroughly repaired, and has been fitted with the Roebuck's en gines, which, although of less nominal horse power, have increased her actual rate of speed. in her run to the Maplin Sande, where she made the official trial of her engines, she realised 10t- knots at full speed, which was considered highly satisfac tory. Mr Alfred F. Gibbons, master, the only officer at present appointed, has joined and taken up his commission. A large amount of 100-pound shot, with patent wads and ammunition for the new 26-gun iron ship Minotaur, now at Portsmouth, was yesterday prep pared for shipment in Woolwich Arsenal. The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Be. vonport, with supernumerary seamen, &e. Soon after her arrival the Geyser received orders to pro ceed into the Channel in search of the wreck of the merchant ship Robin Hood, which was sunk through collision with another vessel about five miles west of Dungeness a few days since, while on her voyage from London to Hong Kong. The Robin Hood had a large quantity of Government stores on board for Hong Kong, and as the wreck of the ship is said to lie in from four to ten fathoms water, it is thought the greater portion of these stores may be recovered by the aid of divers. The Geyser left Portsmouth harbour on her mission at 5 p.m. The Edgar, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., refitting alongside the railway jetty of Portsmouth, has received her new mainmast, and yesterday sent up her topmast, in process of refit. The Aurora, 35, screw frigate, Capt. Sir L, M'Clinteck, is completing her refit at the hands of the shipwright department alongside Portsmouth Dockyard. The Marlborough, 131, screw three-decker, Capt. C. Fellowes is stripped to her lower masts, in course of dismantling to pay out of commission at Ports, mouth, and is expected to be paid out about the Ist proximo. The Royal Alfred, iron-cased frigate, recently launched at Portsmouth, hae a large number of hands employed upon her in No. 3 dock of that yard. Her armour-plating, 41;n., from John Brown and Co.'s Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, is being rapidly affixed to her sides, the two lower tiers of plates being nearly completed on both sides and the third tier commenced amidships. Mr Van Winckle, a scientific American engineer, yesterday attended in the factory department of Woolwich dockyard, by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and submitted to the inspection and trial of Mr Trickett and the offi cers of the department a portable drilling machine, to be used with advantage in punching rivet holes in ship's boilers. The machine was put through a succession of tests by each of the officers present, who admitted its great efficiency and superiority over any other apparatus which had been brought to their notice. Commauder George Biddleeembe, newly ap pointed master attendaut of Woolwich dockyard, yesterday left Woolwich on leave of absence. The duties of the yard will be performed in the interval by Commander Luke, commanding the local Steam Reserve. Dr Salmon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, at the Naval lufirmary at Woolwich, has been granted leave of absence, as a'so Licut.-Col. John Henry Stewart, of tho Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, on his promotion. The sergeants of the. 14th (King's) Hussars gave an evening party in their barracks on Tuesday even• ing last, in commemoration of the battle of Ram. nuggur, fought against the Sikhs on the 22d Nov., 1848. There were a number of officers present dur. ing the evening. The Officers' Dramatic Club com menced their second season's performance in the Club-house on Thursday evening, when Boucicault's comedy of London Assurance" and the farce of " The Goose with the Golden Eggs" were performed. The appointment of second assistant master ship wright at Chatham dockyard, vacant by the pro motion of Mr A. Moore to be master shipbuilder at Devonport dockyard, has been conferred on Mr Dawson, foreman at Deptford. State of Trade. MANCHESTER, Nov. 25.—The market for all kinds of yarn has been quiet toeday, and no class of buyers seems disposed to give the extreme price demanded by spinners. In some cases, where spin ners have not got under contract, they would take about Icl per lb. lees than the extreme rates asked, but not obtained, on Tuesday. The market closes quiet for all kind© of shipping and home trade yarns. In the latter, spinners have been asking about the same prices as on Tuesday, but buyers are disposed to wait, and very little business has been done, In cloth, as in yarns, there has been somewhat of a subsistence of czcitement since Tuesday. Allnufacturers have kept tolerably firm to the high rates then demanded, but there has been a falling off in demand, and the lull having deve loped a desire on the part of holders of cloth to re sell what they had already purchased, euch business as was due to speculation has been checked, Still there has been very little weakness in prices except with relation to these re-sate lots, and owing to the quieter feeling of the market these people are wily tug to take somewhat lower rates than they other wise would. The total amount of business done has been very small, and to-day we hear of hardly any operations. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 25.—There was a fair [then• dance of merchants and manufacturers at this Ex change ilsil to-day, and there was rather more doing iu lace yarns, the advanced rate of Tuesday being fully maintained, For hosiery yarns the demand was steady, at the late rise in prices. Silks firm and advancing. For blown nets the demand was languid. Considerably higher prices were asked, but eeercely any business 'wan done. POLICE INTELLIGENCE ,--This Day. WESTMINSTER. TRACING MIDNIGHT ROBBERS.—Henry Arnold and Mary Ann Arnold, man and wife, were paced at the bar charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr Routlay, 2, Vivian-terrace, Russell street, Chelsea, and stealing therefrom a great number of articles, Thomas Rove, 113 E, said that at half-past seven yester day morning he received information that the house above named had been entered in the night. On a close exami nation of the exterior of the premises, he found footsteps from the back of the house and followed the marks over two gardens to 32, Upper Manor-street, where the prisoners lodged. All traces of further steps were lost there, and witness accordingly, after some inquiry, knocked at the door and asked if the male prisoner was at home. His wife an swered the door, and replied that he was not, he had gone out at half-past 7 that morning. Witness again went to the house yesterday afternoon, and entering suddenly found the female prisoner in the act of tearing up some articles of linen. In reply to inquiries, she said that her husband was at work at 3, Salve• place, and witness afterwards appre hended him. Mr Arnold—Has the linen which you saw the wife tear ing anything to do with the case ? Witness—l suspected it was part of the property stolen. Mr Arnold—ls any of the property traced to the pri soners ? \Vitness—'A great quantity of it was found in their house. Mr Arnold—Are there footmarks of one person, or more. Witness—Of one only, a man's. James Neale, 105 F, said he took the prisoner's boots off at the station, and compared them with the marks which had been traced, and they precisely corresponded. The marks were very peculiar, from part of the heel tip of one boot being broken. Mrs Mary Ann Kantley said that she occupied the house which had been entered. It was left safe when she went to bed at half-past ten on the previous night. When she came down in the morning, at half-past seven, she found the back kitchen window open, and the whole of the place in great disorder. A great quantity of linen and other articles had been stolen. Mr Arnold—Are you aware how an entry was made ? Mrs Kantley—By the back kitchen window. Mr Arnold (to female prisoner)—Are you married to the male prisoner ? Female—Yes, I am. Here is my certificate. Mr Arnold—You are discharged. The male prisoner is remanded for the burglary. MARYLEBONE, DOCTOR lIENERY AGAlN.—After the night charges were disposed of a well-dressed man stepped into the box and asked Mr Mansfield for his advice under the following circumstances. Applicant said— Some time ago I saw an advertisement in one of the papers emanating from Doctor Henery, and through it was inc:tred to visit him. Ho told me I should want a galvanic battery, which would cost me two guineas. When I required it no longer he said he would return the money again. I had waited for four months up to May last, and receiving no benefit I asked for my money back, but could not succeed in getting it. I wash to know it there is any means by which I could recover it ? Mr Mansfield—You had better wait till the scoundrel comes out of prison, where he has just commenced two years' hard labour, and then sue him for the amount. Applicant—He has property at his place in Dorset street. Could not I proceed against that ? Mr Mansfield—l think not. Sergeant White, 16 D (who happened to ha in Court), said—l am happy to say they are removing the goods from Dorset street;, out of our district. Applicant then retired. THAMES. IMPORTANT CONVICTION.--John Ilan and Thomas Maynard, carmen, were brought before Mr Paget, charged with being in the Commercial-road for the purpose of committing a felony. Porter William Dunaway, a detective police sergeant, stated that he saw the prisoners at the corner of Grove street, Commercial-road, on the morning of Thursday, the 18th of the present month. They were standing opposite a publichouse drinking out of a pint pot. There was a waggon laden with a hogshead of sugar standing close to them. Directly the prisoners Eaw him Hall jumped into the waggon and drove off in a hurried manner, while Maynard run down Grove-street, as fast as he was able, and made his escape. He called to Hall, went to the horse's head, and said " Holi on a bit." The horse and van were stopped, and he said to Hall, " You have had a nice companton—a convicted thief. Where is that parcel that was lying hero just now, against that hogshead of sugar ?" The prisoner said that he had not seen any parcel whatever. He said, " Oh, yes, you have—you must have seen it. It was lying here just now, tied upon a sack." The prisoner said, "I have not seen it at all; I have seen nothing," He told him to stand aside and let him look, and he took from under his feet a sack, containing a chisel, a piece of tin, and soma bent hoop-iron. He asked him where he was going to take the sugar to, to which he replied, to a grocer's shop in Whitechapel. The prisoner also said the other man who was with him must have put the parcel in the waggon. He told the prisoner be must have seen May nard do so, as the parcel had been shifted from where he first saw it against the hogshead. He then allowed Hall to depart with his horse and van, and deliver his sugar. He apprehended both prisoners last night. Dunaway then fully explained that sugar robberies were very frequent, and that a set of lawless villains were constantly prowling about the docks, and in the Commercial-road, the great thoroughfare from the East and West India Docks, to plunder the hogsheads of sugar on their way to the grocers' shop, and as few grocers had the machinery or means of weighing hogsheads of sugar, many of these robberies were not detected. The tin over the sample hole was removed by a chisel, the sugar raked out by a piece of bent hoop iron, and the sugar deposited in a sack. These robberies could of course only be committed with the connivance of the carmen, many of whom had been convicted, The chisel, the pieces of bent hoop-iron, and the sack were the very implements to commit a robbery of the eescription he had spoken of. The sack contained a small portion of sugar, and, as well as the hoop iron and the chisel, had been used before. Maynard was a notorious thief, Hall was in the employ of Pope and Cook, town carriers. Francis Kelly, police-constable 130 H, said ho took May nard into custody in December, 1857, for stealing a horse and cart, a hogshead of sugar, and fifty sugar loaves, and the prisoner was convicted of that robbery and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr W. Cook, carman, said—The prisoner Hall has been in our employ for 10 years, and I have nothing to say against him. lle left Scott, another carrier, to come to us. Maynard denied that he was in the Commercial-road at the time mentioned, but Dunaway positively swore to him, and was confirmed in that and every other part of his evi dence by Kinwood, a police - constable, 191 H. Hall said he had been a carman a great many years. He was never in custody before. He did not know how the sack and other things got into his van. Mr Paget said this was a very important matter, and that Dunaway was rendering good service to the public by look ing after the sugar thieves. Ho know that sugar merchants were frequently plundered in the way stated by Dunaway. Ho had no doubt at all that the chisel, the hoop iron, and the sack wero to be used in plundering the hogshead of sugar in Pope and Cook's van. Ho discharged Hall with a caution, and advised him to avoid bad company in future. He sentenced Maynard to three months' imprisonment and hard labour for being in a public street with the intention of committing a felony. The Tallahassee at Halifax, (From the Index) The following is part of the official report of Commander Wood : " Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 6. " Hon. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy. " Sir,—l found in the port of Halifax on my arrival there her Majesty's steam ship Duncan, 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Hope. I called promptly upon him, though he took no notice of our presence by the customary boarding and offering the courtesies of the port. Neither on our arriving nor leaving were the honours of the side extended. On being shown into his cabin, ho did not rise from his seat, nor shake hands, nor offer me a seat--!As manner and tone were offensive. I men• tion this to show his animus. I stated that 1 had come to report my arrival—that I wanted coal, end as soon as it could be procured the ship would go to sea. lie replied by saying that of course I knew the regulations which governed my stay in port ; that he, however, had nothing to do with it ; that the governor must settle that with me. lie asked me what my orders were in regard to neutrals. 1 replied that my orders were particular and explicit upon this point—to respect sedulously all their rights. Whet were my instructions in the case of vessels which had recently changed flags cr were ` whitewashed ? . .—Unless the papers wero clearly fraudulent I would let the vessel go. Had I seen his letter to Capt, Morris, of the Florida, on this subject, called forth by Capt. Semmes burning the ship Mar tiban under English colours ?—I had read it. His Government, he continued, required that in all such cases the vessel should be brought into an English port to have the case decided on, or adjudicated (I am not eer t u i z , o f th e w ords). I told him what had been my course, a few days before, with El vessel with fraudulent papers—that on examination of a ship's papers I must determine my action. He re• peated the above in substance again, and remarked there were a great many vessels now being white. washed, and it was a subject which required deli. cate handling, and on which they were greatly in terested. The above is the substance of our inter view on the subject. With the governor I dil not speak on the question.—Respectfully, &0,, your obedient servant, J, TAYLOR WOOD, C.S.N." 6nrt litafigt HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 25 . Her Majesty the Queen, accomparied by he r Royal Highness Princess Helena, and attended hi the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Mrs Bruce, Col. the Hon. Sir C. Phipps, Lord Charles Fitzroy, an d the Hon. Col. Hardinge, went to London this morn" ing by special train on the Great Western Her Majesty, on arriving in London, drove t° Chelec 1, and inspected the new Guards barracks recently built there. The Queen was received by Lieutenant General Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster General ; Major General Lord Frederick Paulet, commanding* the Brigade of Guards; Colonel Lambert, commanding the Grenadier Guards; and Colonel H. Ponsonhi' commanding the First Battalion. The Queen went over the barracks and inspected the various arrangements. Her Majesty afterwards drove to Alban:oole street, and honoured Lady Churchill with a visit, and returned to Windsor at a little before 2 o'olos' The Prussian Ambassador and Countess Ber n ' stotff arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The Hon. Emily Cathcart and the Hon. Florence Seymour have succeeded the Hon. Caroline Wen', dish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maids Gl' Honour. The Gunpowder Explosion at Erith Marsha' DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETAR Y ' Yesterday afternoon a deputat on waited upon Sir GO r g: Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, at tl3 " . Home Office, Whitehall, relative to the late catastrophe' involving the loss of many lives, through the late dread' ful explosion at the gunpowder magazines at B rig marshes. The deputation comprised Mr C. J. Carttart the coroner for the western division of the county of Kent' mad the greater part cf the jury who investigated the C 1 ' .,, : curnstances attending the calamity, as also the present sr. tem of conveying the powder to the magazines, and manner of its storage. Capt. M'Killop, foreman, and 13 jurors were Pr e ' sent. Mr CARTTAR, in introducing the subject to Sir G. G . r said that had he (the Home Secretary; been in town on te; morning of the explosion, or, indeed, within 50 miles, 11 , would have felt the violent concussion or heard the el l.lll , ing and unaccountable noise which had apparently 0 1° 13 the earth. From the blowing up cf those magazines persons were killed, and property to a vast amount, an ina for a long distance round Belvedere, was destroyed. ' r "; jury whom he now introduced had devoted great la ben , and attention to investigate the cause and c i reu rostance o c ; the calamity which had been so frightfully destructiv e t human life and property, and they, after due deliberation, in the return of their verdict, had agreed to an aela le ,, tl , dum which he would at once place before him ( . t 7 i Home Secretary) as expressive of their 00 131° , Mr Carttar then read as follows The J t1 "; desire most respectfully to call the attention of her Majesty Government to the serious omissions and imperfectio ns the Acts of Parliament relating to the gunpowder trade, a disclosed in the evidence adduced before them, and t hel a with to urge upon the consideration of the Goverame ut . t.h i6 following as a few of the points which require imme d/tt n - ,. legislation. Ist. the quantity of gunpowder stored or 24 • veyed at one time in barges, waggon©, or by train. The construction of magazines and their proximity to pop s lous places, river walls, and other sources of danger. 7 The construction of barges and the necessity for better o f tinguishing marks. 4th. The shipping and discharge lolt gunpowder generally. sth. The importance of Govern° inspection and superintendence with respect to the storo; package, and conveyance of powder. 6th. The pena lti o f relating to the infringement of the provisions of the a eta , y - ao Parliament beat ing on this subject generally. " With suggestions embodied in these addenda, he (Mr Cafttt,roo entirely agreed, and the object of the present dep ute" , was to bring the entire subject under the notice of te a. Government. The first point was with regard to the ta t , 00 tity of powder stored in one place. It might be a clueetio, of policy as to how far it would be prudent to allow , powder in unlimited quantities in any one locality. i t "fi t peered from the evidence adduced that the first barge w iS st ,.. exploded contained five tons of gunpowder, which rit e ; of rily killed every body about it. That caused the exef e°'- ,i c h the next barge, alto containing five tons of po w der, in its turn ignited a magazine with 40 t ons i n it, and i fs blew up a second magazine, co n t a i n i ng fi ve tons. It '„ El d the explosion of the two five tons in the barges that at the breaking down of the river wall. Sir G. GREY—What do you mean by locality P 1 1 ° Ig h l a would you have the magazines apart ? Because if Yo u had a large number of stores close together with five too6'd each, it is clear that one would have exploded the other , 311 they would have all gone. 10 Mr CARTTAR said that no doubt they would have bee° e mir G. GREY—Then how far apart would you W e ti , le magazines situated?• Mr CARTTAR said that would entirely depend on t he s t ied struction of the magazines. There was a magazine sittlate f half a mile frcm the scene of the explosion, and a Piece oto iron was blown from Messrs llall's magazine and fell alt h , the roof, but by good fortune it did not cause an elPi ca. e - t l i Sit G. GREY said that it was evident, then, that cv half a mile apart would be hardly sufficient for safety. o f Mr CARTTAR said that with regard to the traneP art e powder, the jury were of opinion that no barge ough t t° o b et allowed to carry more than 500 barrels, Then with re a r4o to the buildings in which powder was stored, the act el' s no provision for their proper construction. All th at i ri:e required to obtain a licence was that the building 0 2 ° 11 ;0 a certain distance from market towns and half a mile the parish church. That was not a sufficient protee"4 The jury also considered that licences ought not to be g raa ci t c as a matter of course, but after proper Government feclahist as to locality and quantity of powder to be stored, an d be after the licence had been granted those places ought t under Government inspection ; but that, having w;e4 granted licences, they ought to be protected by not allosv;, dangerous manufactories to be established near tiletf. Messrs Hall bought 18 acres of land so as isolate the Dalia.ti• inge, but in spite of that, there were some dangerous 113a,0t0 factories near them, and besides there was a footpath c'io, to the building, where people walked along smoking a i "acti After mentioning the defective construction of the ba-Did ings, he said the next point he wished to bring undersco (Sir G.Grey's) notice was the distinguishing mark th at De o used for pointing out gunpowder vessels from others ° de o at anchor in the river, and which the jury thought Ter ineffective, The mode of transhipping powder from op c , t ee sel to another was also objectionable, and a breach of regulations only entailed a penalty of £5. Sir G. GREY considered the penalty insufficient. . e . O OO Mr CARTTAR said it was, and it was fixed upon the erS man, for the iesponsibility ought to be fixed on the Of to of the powder and the ship respectively. He proece'e tee say that it was the duty of the Home Secretary, vfb eil go e subject was brought under his notice, to send dowri ; w e , one to survey the magazines, and see that the r e g al°. laid own in the act were complied with. Sir d G . GREY said that had been done, but he Pre a ;def. that it was only a question of large quantities of g ull. Mr CARTTAR relied that that was all. , tff el l Sir GEO. GREY said that it appeared to him to m e 41• $ a question of quantity, because if that were no t sPeci shop 9 1d might bring under the survey all the gunmakers' town. If an explosion took place in one of the e° it Ti knock down all the houses near it. cod e !, Mr CARTTAR said he was satisfied it would be a a of quantity. There was another question he c holla - 0 to o his (Sir George Grey's) attention to, and that 1/B .lc f question of storing. He did not think putting the 13-atter into casks was the best way of storing it, and it 'Wa s a n 'ilea Lion whether the powder ought not to be put into „1/,:01); bags and then put into canisters, or into the cas ks• tea t elusion, he would remind the right hon. gentlereallot there was nobody to put the penalties in force, and t there was, the fines were ridiculously small. Ile rav-oodia that he entirely concurred in the verdict of the jure the addendum they put to it. t D a A r Capt M‘lirnEor, R.N. , said that he considered ljoyt rots were an unsafe mode of conveying powd er, uuleas A but. how that was to be done he did not know. , s for e " Sir G. GRE.Y Widud to know how it was that WI it Captar the royal navy. eta' ' 3ll 'o Mekunor replied that they kept it in a /33 Aoes but even then it got damp, and in his expetieuto et' v ia he had seen thousands of cases thrown overb oard trara damp, and that would pay for a great deal a li ning. vo olo Sir G. GREY asked what quantity of powder a olifP have on board ? to Capt Meliannoc said about 30 tons. the ehiP Sir G, GREY remarked that that would b low pieces. Cap; M'lirfr,or said it would, but they nev er (411 :0 - ° r`i light to go into the magazine, and there wa s alwa Y. ' outside to prevent any infraction of the regulatioo,7 eveee Sir G. GREY said it could not be expected that i iv p i l i pprO . have perfect safety unless every person would act per caution, on es c t i After some further conversation, Sir G. GREY said that looking at all the cireonleoptee,,, the case he was satisfied that the law wanted a_a' and he thanked the deputation very much for the a t l/e suggestions they had given him. 'on il aajle he au Mr CARTTAR, on the part cf the deputati too t right hon. gentleman fur the courtesy he had 6 and the deputation retired. 14 0 hal e The HOD. Francis and Mrs Stonor town for Stoner Park, Henley-on-Thai:nee-